Category: Urban Shadows RPG: Discussion

So, looking at the Immortal, I can’t help but wonder if Into Your Ken is a bit much, in terms of story hooks.

So, looking at the Immortal, I can’t help but wonder if Into Your Ken is a bit much, in terms of story hooks.

So, looking at the Immortal, I can’t help but wonder if Into Your Ken is a bit much, in terms of story hooks. As it is, you’ve already got the Session Start roll to generate a hook, but then the Immortal+GM have to deal with an additional hook every session? And if its anything but the first session, there’s likely the continuing story to deal with as well.

That just seems like a bit much. If it modified the Session Start move for the Immortal, that’d be one thing. But as a completely separate roll, I can see it being a headache.

Is the Persuade An NPC at the end of the Fae End Move a paste error? Doesn’t seem to make sense.

Is the Persuade An NPC at the end of the Fae End Move a paste error? Doesn’t seem to make sense.

Is the Persuade An NPC at the end of the Fae End Move a paste error? Doesn’t seem to make sense.

Having read the archetypes now, I’m mulling them over a bit.

Having read the archetypes now, I’m mulling them over a bit.

Having read the archetypes now, I’m mulling them over a bit. I watched Blade a few weeks ago (don’t judge me) and I like how nicely Whistler can be mapped out with archetypes – he’s a Hunter who advanced and became a Veteran. 

Finally got a chance to read the play books today.

Finally got a chance to read the play books today.

Finally got a chance to read the play books today. Corruption is a really, really great idea. Adding that cycle along with XP makes for some intriguing game play, especially considering some archetypes can’t retire to safety. There’s a lot to chew on there. Gonna muddle it over a bit but I’m really digging it so far.

I’m running two slots of an Urban Shadows one-shot at ConBravo! later in July.

I’m running two slots of an Urban Shadows one-shot at ConBravo! later in July.

I’m running two slots of an Urban Shadows one-shot at ConBravo! later in July.  Here’s my blurb, let me know what you think!

The Death of Summer

The city bakes under the relentless sun, pavement cracked like parched lips, streets awash in heat-shimmering mirage.  The solstice has passed, yet the days still seem to grow longer.  The gates to the Summer Queen’s palace have been barred and prayers for rain go unanswered.  Even the night offers no succor as the urban jungle gives up its heat beneath the bleached eye of the moon.

Mortals sweat, huddled in their homes, trusting to faltering technology. Those in power may not yet feel the dryness in their throats but the signs of great calamity are there.  The wild run rampant, driven almost to terror by this misalignment of the wheel of seasons.  And those that prefer the dark… well, what shadows will remain when all shelter is burned away?

Come, save your city… or revel as it burns.

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Question, when folks are running Urban Shadows, are they running off of the sneak peak and the updated Basic Moves…

Question, when folks are running Urban Shadows, are they running off of the sneak peak and the updated Basic Moves…

Question, when folks are running Urban Shadows, are they running off of the sneak peak and the updated Basic Moves from the Kickstarter comments or is there a more substantial beta available somewhere?

I’m gaming with a group of friends who all met in Ithaca, N.Y. and this is the pitch I sent:

I’m gaming with a group of friends who all met in Ithaca, N.Y. and this is the pitch I sent:

I’m gaming with a group of friends who all met in Ithaca, N.Y. and this is the pitch I sent:

New York City’s supernatural throne has been usurped and the marching orders have been sent all over the east coast by cold, unflinching messengers. The state’s supernatural powers are meeting in Ithaca to discuss the new status quo and what you all plan to do about it.

I’ll keep NYC’s new order vague and let it be defined by the characters you all create. Maybe you all are pro-new order and want to help hunt down the remaining pieces of the ancient Dutch vampires who held the city in their undead grip for centuries or maybe it is time the upstate powers stopped paying homage to the five boroughs.